Berry Brownie Torte

This Berry Brownie Torte is a perfect treat for Memorial Day & Fourth of July BBQ’s, or any of your fun summer gatherings. Everyone will love this treat!

We are still getting settled into our new home. This process feels so slow.

Well, it is slow going since I am so slow at unpacking and I want everything to be in its final home when I unpack it, not unpack, move, move again, and move once more. So a little bit of everything is everywhere.

Thankfully, we are getting the kitchen under control. We’ve cooked a few things in there like baked chicken and some Kraft Mac & Cheese. Oh, let’s not forget cereal. Lots and lots of cereal.

Whipping up this super simple dessert took 4x longer than it should have as I am getting to know the new kitchen and move around the pots and pans (that need to get hung up- once we paint the wall and then put up the rack…).

I really love to make things from scratch all the time but there just comes a time when grabbing a box of brownie mix and box of instant pudding that works for me. And after a recent move this was the sort of “complicated” recipe I was looking forward to while enjoying our 3-day weekend- this was perfect.

I made some minor changes to the original recipe, but it’s so simple that there is not that much to change. The original recipe called for cool whip but I don’t love the taste of it, so I changed it to whipped cream. I will choose homemade whipped cream over Cool Whip any day. So I made that and folded that into the pudding. Also, after 2 trips to the grocery store in as many days I still managed to forget the condensed milk. I really kicked myself for that but I just could not get myself back in the car to go again for it so I just made the pudding the traditional way, but with a lot of less milk. Oh well, still tasty!

Plus it was win-win for Memorial Day- red white and blue!!

This summery dessert is a perfect treat for Memorial Day BBQ’s or Fourth of July Parties, or any of your fun summer gatherings. Everyone will love this treat!

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Hi! So glad you enjoyed the recipe! It is always a winner.. I too love to make everything from scratch, but yes, sometimes, a quick and easy route just needs to happen…but no one would ever know it wasn’t homemade. The cool whip and SC milk def. help it to hold up better, but I’m sure it was still super yummy!

yum, that looks awesome! I love anything with brownie in it 🙂 I had your blog for May, loved it!!!! I made your candy bark which was perfect because I’m in high school and we have been cramming in a ton of projects and last minute assignments before the summer and this was a perfect yummy thing to make without the oven (house is SO HOT right now) and it hardly took any time. We were completely addicted to them stuff and couldn’t stop just grabbing for “one more”

This tore looks so delicious!! I hate moving, too. We just moved two weeks ago, and I’ve worked like mad to try and get all the boxes out, but there are still a few lingering here and there. Good luck getting everything unpacked!

This looks delicious! Perfect for any summer celebration. Moving house is very stressful so I’m impressed you had time to make this – well done! There’s no shame in using ready made if the occasion calls for it!

your cake really does look like it was made with love. 🙂
also, moving is balls. big balls. the kitchen is always the first room i unpack too. i’m impressed you’ve gone to such effort to do your src post whilst in such chaos.

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